On October 17th, the Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma) signed a Sponsorship Agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the creation of the top-level Internet domain, .museum.
http://www.icann.org/tlds/
This page provides a useful description of ICANN's present action and the material specific to .museum is located toward the bottom of the page. The current status of MuseDoma's initiation of .museum operation is available at:
http://musedoma.org/
A project launching these activities is funded under Digital Heritage and Cultural Content